For over 70 years, our client has grown from a small, family-owned firm to one of the most successful house builders in the UK. Now they employ over 2,000 people directly and have built a reputation on their quality, service and trust.

The role

Seeking Site Managers for an ongoing project in Wokingham. The project consists of 325 units of traditional build, which is an on going site. This project will be one of their flagship projects so they are looking for someone to come in as the number one and lead a team to success.

The Candidate

The successful applicant will come from a strong house building background with experience on high volume traditional build projects. Must hold all relevant tickets.

Salary

Competitive salary with a desirable package.

Role is unlikely to be open for long so show an early interest to make sure you don't miss this opportunity.

An award winning, leading national developer. Has an excellent reputation in the market for building a high quality product. The western division is now looking to hire a number of technical staff to support their development in the South East.

The Role:

Senior Technical Manager

As the ideal candidate you will have previous experience working in house building. Previous experience on bespoke projects is ideal but not necessary. You must have a proven record of taking projects from cradle to grave.

The Projects:

There are a number of developments in across the South East with construction methods including traditional, low rise housing, as well as high rise RC apartment schemes.

Salary and Package:

Basic Salary Package at circa £65 to £80k

Offers a Car Allowance Pension, Health Care etc.

Discretionary bonus scheme (subject to Business and Personal Performance)

To apply and for more information please contact Akshay on 01489 232 080.

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Customer Care Operative to join our client to cover a region covering Berkshire, Surrey areas.

This role involves delivering exceptional Multi-trades works, repairing, fixing and fitting the New Homes during the new homes warranty period. You will also be delivering exceptional Customer Care to the owners.

I am working with a main contractor in the Berkshire area who are looking for an experienced Managing Quantity Surveyor to join an existing team of passionate and dedicated employees. Depending on size of schemes, the MQS will manage 3 to 6 schemes, each ranging in value from £500k to £60m.

Roles and responsibilities:

Responsible for the commercial management of a large project or a number of multiple projects, ensuring that all commercial processes and procedures are followed.

Ensure works are valued, including any variation thereto, in accordance with the contract and analyses to determine the project True Value.

Ensure costs are managed and ensuring subcontract accruals and liabilities are properly assessed to determine True Cost. Works in collaboration with the site team to maximise value and minimise cost.

Ensure the project procurement schedule is maintained.

Responsible for the procurement of subcontractors on agreed terms.

Maintains the project risk and opportunity schedule, ensuring that risks are mitigated and opportunities realised.

Personal specification:

Experience of managing teams of Senior Quantity Surveyors and multiple projects, ranging in value and type of scheme

I am working with a contractor in the Berkshire area who are looking for an experienced Contracts Manager to join an existing team of passionate and dedicated employees. Experience of running 3-5 jobs ranging from £300k - £5m on projects such as school refurbishments and extensions, residential and commercial.

Roles and responsibilities:

Running 3-5 projects depending on size.

Putting together plans and estimates, including budgets and timescales

Preparing and presenting documents for tender

Contributing to work planning, and briefing project teams, contractors and suppliers

Gathering information together for invoicing at the end of the project

Supplying information to resolve any disputes

Identifying areas for improvement

Personal specification:

Experience running projects up to £5m

Experience working on schools, residential, commercial

Happy to travel a 60 mile radius from Newbury

Rewards and benefits:

The salary is dependent on experience, plus benefits- please get in contact if you wish to know more information about this.

If you would like more information on this role and are interested, please click the apply button now!

I am working with a contractor in the Berkshire area who are looking for an experienced Site Manager to join an existing team of passionate and dedicated employees. Experience of working on projects from £300k - £5m including school refurbishments and extensions, residential and commercial.

Roles and responsibilities:

Supervising and overseeing the direction of the project (or a package), ensuring that the client's specifications and requirements are met, reviewing progress and liaising with quantity surveyors to monitor costs

Liaising with the client, other construction professionals and, sometimes, members of the public

Coordinating and supervising construction workers

Selecting tools and materials

Making safety inspections and ensuring construction and site safety

Checking and preparing site reports, designs and drawings

Maintaining quality control procedures

Finding ways to prevent problems and to solve any that crop up

Assessing and minimising risk

Personal specification:

Experience working on projects up to £5m

Experience working on schools, residential, commercial

Happy to travel up to a 60 mile radius from Newbury

Rewards and benefits:

The salary is dependent on experience, plus benefits- please get in contact if you wish to know more information about this.

If you would like more information on this role and are interested, please click the apply button now!

I am working with a tier 1 contractor based in the Berkshire area who are looking for a Design Manager to join an existing team of passionate and dedicated employees. You will be looking after contractors proposals for all jobs, and taking the project from inception to full delivery. The client ideally would like you to have worked for a tier 1 contractor as the processes are very similar.

Roles and responsibilities:

Manage the design process during the pre-construction and as required, the construction phase.

Fully investigate Value engineering and value creation opportunities.

Interrogation of enquiry documents, in the form of an Employer's Requirements.

Production of a Contractor's Proposal document in liaison with other internal departments.

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Customer Care Operative to join our client based in the Berkshire. This role involves delivering exceptional Multi-trades works, repairing, fixing and fitting the New Homes during the new homes warranty period. You will also be delivering exceptional Customer Care to the owners.

The role will be a 1 year fixed term contract with the opportunity to move permanent after this time for the right candidate.

I have been instructed by a well-known, award winning national developer based in Berkshire who are seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join their team.

They have a number of sites across Berkshire and Buckinghamshire and are one of the UK's most respected house builders.

The role:

Your role will be to assist with the completion of a major flagship project, based on the outskirts of Reading. There are also a number of sites coming up in the next couple of months around Reading and Basingstoke, though this will be office based.

This business has a very clear track record of promoting from within, and there will be an opportunity to progress to Senior Surveyor

Salary:

The client is offering up to £50k + an excellent package for the right candidate.

Skills/experience required:

The candidate will be expected to have previous house building experience, ideally from a national developer working on high-volume projects.

Iconic national house builder that has been listed on the stock market for over 30 years. The company grew organically during the 1990s, and now has establishing consistent track record and growth.

Role

400 units, traditional build and a town centre development. Maintain and manage a site workforce to construct homes to the highest possible standard, on time and in line with predetermined cost. Salary up to £65K depending on experience, benefits include pension, company car / allowance, life assurance and annual bonus scheme.

I am working with a main contractor in the Berkshire area who are looking for an experienced Site Manager to join an existing team of passionate and dedicated managers. Experience of running your own schemes up to £7-8million and experience of being part of a team on bigger schemes is attractive to this region and is the type of experience they look for within their Site Managers.

A highly respected, family owned construction company are currently looking for a Project Quantity Surveyor to join the team. The role is site based in West London, but there may be times when you are based in the regional office at Theale. The ideal person will have education and commercial office experience.

Roles and responsibilities:

Pre-start reviewing design, contract and cost plan allowances with team

Attending and contributing to design team and client project meetings

Take off BQ's from drawings and specifications (must be competent to do this for all packages from groundworks through to finishes)

Preparing and sending out tender packages, negotiating orders with trades and putting together subcontract orders

Carrying out site measures and valuations again subcontractor applications including issuing payment and withholding notices

Preparing client applications and variation accounts

Preparing and maintaining the procurement schedule and warranty tracker.

Managing and supporting any junior staff if applicable to site

Preparing monthly CVR report to run through and agree with the visiting Commercial Manager

Personal specification:

Someone who has recently had sole project responsibility

£17m project - larger scale project experience is needed

Commercial office experience

Refurbishment and demolition experience

Rewards and benefits:

The salary ranges from £40k - £55k dependent on experience, plus benefits- please get in contact if you wish to know more information bout this.

If you would like more information on this role and are interested, please click the apply button now!